10 Reasons to Love Tonys MVP Lin-Manuel Miranda

The Broadway community's love for has existed for years now, but last night's Tony broadcast gave us even more reasons to adore the Tony-winner. Below we count the reasons that he was our MVP of the night!

1) The Tonys Opening Number (written by Miranda & Tom Kitt)

2) The Tonys Closing Number (written by Miranda throughout the broadcast)

3) Mike Tyson's Punch-Out! joke

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You guys, I got up to Mike Tyson without using the cheat code. #nevergotpastSodaPopinski pic.twitter.com/i5kYlLKFyK

4) This AMAZING gif

5) These 3 pre-show tweets:

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- As a kid I used to memorize @marcshaiman's routines for Billy Crystal at the Oscars & perform them in school to my bewildered friends.

- "it's a wonderful night for Oscar! Oscar, Oscar, who will win?" - @marcshaiman

- All this to say, dreams come true.

6) This morning-after tweet:

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Congrats to all the nominees and amazing performances last night. So honored to be part of this community. Pinch myself every day.

7) This awesome backstage pic:

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"@josswhedon: All life should feel like this: "@Lin_Manuel: pic.twitter.com/PJUkTMaDNA"" !!

8) Keeping us in the Tonys rehearsal loop all week long with videos like this one:

9) Sharing his insider info with the masses:

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Remember last week when I told you for the first time an actor told me, "I feel like the rhyme scheme could be more complex?" @ActuallyNPH

10) We're still not over IN THE HEIGHTS -- movie please?!?

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